CommonParlance
Seed
Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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dark glasses in CommonParlance
- definition (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
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dark ground illumination in CommonParlance
- definition a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
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dark horse in CommonParlance
- definition a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
- definition a racehorse about which little is known
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dark lantern in CommonParlance
- definition a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
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dark matter in CommonParlance
- definition (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force
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dark meat in CommonParlance
- definition the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
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dark red in CommonParlance
- definition a red color that reflects little light
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dark-blue in CommonParlance
- definition of a dark shade of blue
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dark-brown in CommonParlance
- definition of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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dark-coated in CommonParlance
- definition covered with dark hair
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dark-colored in CommonParlance
- definition having a dark color
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dark-coloured in CommonParlance
- definition having a dark color
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dark-eyed junco in CommonParlance
- definition common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises
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dark-field microscope in CommonParlance
- definition light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
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dark-fruited in CommonParlance
- definition bearing dark fruit
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dark-gray in CommonParlance
- definition of a dark shade of grey
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dark-green in CommonParlance
- definition of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
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dark-grey in CommonParlance
- definition of a dark shade of grey
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dark-haired in CommonParlance
- definition having hair of a dark color
- definition covered with dark hair
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dark-skinned in CommonParlance
- definition naturally having skin of a dark color
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dark-spotted in CommonParlance
- definition having dark spots
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darken in CommonParlance
- definition become dark or darker
- definition tarnish or stain
- definition make dark or darker
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darkened in CommonParlance
- definition (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
- definition become or made dark by lack of light
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darkening in CommonParlance
- definition becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
- definition changing to a darker color
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darkey in CommonParlance
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people